| Germany 2006: |
| SWEDEN |
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| KEY FACTS |
| World Ranking |
| 13th |
| SWEDEN NEWS |
| They scored the more goals, conceded less goals and were level on points, but Sweden were still relegated to second in their group on head-to-head with Croatia. Luckily however Sweden's good form was rewarded as they finished as the second best 2nd placed finisher in Europe, thus avoiding the dreaded playoffs. Sweden's 'take no prisoners' approach saw them net 13 against Malta over two matches and a total of 30 goals over 10 matches. Zlatan Ibrahimovic putting 8 in the back of the net to lead the scoring in what will be a dangerous team to face in Germany '06 |
| Qualifying Group Position |
| 2nd |
| Group H |
| Top Scorers |
| Zlatan Ibrahimovic |
| 8 Goals |
| QUALIFYING |
| 3-0 |
| Hungary |
| Dft |
| 09-Oct-04 |
| 4-1 |
| Dft |
| 0-1 |
| Lost To |
| 08-Oct-05 |
| 3-0 |
| Bulgaria |
| Dft |
| 03-Sep-05 |
| 1-0 |
| Hungary |
| Dft |
| 07-Sep-05 |
| 3-1 |
| Iceland |
| Dft |
| 12-Oct-05 |
| 0-1 |
| Lost To |
| 08-Sep-04 |
| 13-Oct-04 |
| 3-0 |
| Bulgaria |
| Dft |
| 26-Mar-05 |
| 7-0 |
| Malta |
| Dft |
| 04-Sep-04 |
| Iceland |
| 6-0 |
| Dft |
| 04-Jun-05 |
| Malta |
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| SWEDEN'S WORLD CUP HISTORY |
| Appearances (Champions in bold) |
| 1934, 1938, 1950, 1958, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1994, 2002, 2006 |
| SQUAD (club in brackets) |
| Goalkeepers |
| John Alvbage (Viborg FF, Denmark) |
| Andreas Isaksson (Stade Rennes, France) |
| Rami Shaaban (Fredrikstad, Norway) |
| Defenders |
| Erik Edman (Stade Rennes, France) |
| Petter Hansson (SC Heerenveen, Holland) |
| Teddy Lucic (BK Hacken, Sweden) |
| Olof Mellberg (Aston Villa, England) |
| Mikael Nilsson (Panathinakos, Greece) |
| Fredrik Stenmann (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany) |
| Midfielders |
| Daniel Andersson (Malmo FF, Sweden) |
| Niclas Alexandersson (IFK Gothenburg, Swe.) |
| Tobias Linderoth (FC Copenhagen, Denmark) |
| Kim Kallstrom (Stade Rennes, France) |
| Andres Svensson (Elfsborg, Sweden) |
| Forwards |
| Marcus Allback (FC Copenhagen, Denmark) |
| Johan Elmander (Brondby, Denmark) |
| Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Juventus, Italy) |
| Mattias Jonson (Djurgarden, Sweden) |
| Karl Svensson (IFK Gothenburg, Sweden) |
| Christian Wilhelmsson (Anderlecht, Holland) |
| Fredrik Ljungberg (Arsenal, England) |
| Henrik Larsson (Barcelona, Spain) |
| Markus Rosenberg (Ajax Amsterdam, Holland) |